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The Kid from Public Speaking

from Up, Alive! by D.M. Franklin Kane

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I never let it die, I keep it on replay
It always ends up the same way
Gotta bite that tooth again
And I wonder where the time has gone
But the writing’s on the wall
Now I’ve heard it and seen it all

So I've wandered ‘round through town on foot
I guess I look at little worse for wear
Just like that old dog always on the postman’s route that one day just isn’t there
And my, oh my, that short-shorts girl may just have caught me peeking

When The Kid from Public Speaking
Snaps me back to my old rage
Yea, The Kid from Public Speaking
Just jogged past me, middle-aged

Just let the baby cry, the check is on the way
It always ends up on replay
Watch ‘em bite that tooth again
They never wonder where the time has gone
Or read the writing on the wall
I done heard it and seen it all

So, the malfunctioning man grunts “Happy Birthday” again
A trick he learned back in The War
Well, he got a lotta questions since his people are gone
Niece just-a-shruggin’ back behind the door
So, does the poor soul that’s lost inside know all we both are seeking?

Like The Kid from Public Speaking
Who shone bright upon the stage
Yea, The Kid from Public Speaking
Just jogged past me, middle-aged

Well now, wound down, I’m feeling mortal again
But there’s no other ‘where’ to go but ‘up’
So I'm chuggin’ cold Columbian with zipper in hand
Itchin’ to empty myself back in the cup
There’s a Deadbeat Dad in a Barbie car
Wheezing past and inching up the hill
I kinda know just what put me here
But I’ve just about had my fill

They say the “dour, white hacks” and the “cacklin’ blacks”
Bitch-smack their girlfriends just for sport
Rooster gonna loot somebody IRA
His vay-cay piggy coming up too short
And the force fed to all involved has folks at home critiquing

Including The Kid from Public Speaking
In his armchair, faux-enraged
The Kid from Public Speaking
In his big house, disengaged

(Look, Ma!) Yea, The Kid from Public Speaking
Who shone bright upon the stage
Yea, The Kid from Public Speaking
Just jogged past me, middle-aged

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from Up, Alive!, released January 19, 2018
Written by D.M. Malboeuf (502 Tunes, ASCAP)

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D.M. Franklin Kane Chapel Hill, North Carolina

"Up, Alive!" is the latest collection of songs from North Carolina's D.M. Franklin Kane.

This is Kane's first full-length release since 2014's "The Hard Truth."

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